Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

[Benjamin Grimm]

1966 eliminates 1974 by a vote of 8 to 4. (Lower than normal participation for this one.) This completes our Final Four. Our four surviving covers (1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970) were all issued over a span of five years. Three of the four covers feature the artwork of Willard Mullin.

Voting for our fifth round, the semi-finals, will start on Monday. We'll see 1968 vs 1970, and 1966 vs 1967.

ADVANCING TO ROUND FIVE:


ELIMINATED:

[G-Fafif]

Somewhere inside Shea Stadium, March of 1971...

"You sure about the composition on this picture of Grote making the tag for the cover?" "Doesn't matter." "Whaddaya mean it doesn't matter?" "This cover isn't as good as anything that came before." "I don't know, it's pretty good." "It'll never be as good, not this year, not any year." "Why are you saying that? We were kicking around some good ideas last week that we can still use. The Four Mets Who Form a Puzzle is an evergreen. Every Met Who Was Ever An All-Star, if we get a couple more who qualify, is gonna sparkle. Oh, and when we win a pennant, I have a helluva concept!" "Doesn't matter. We've peaked." "How do you know?" "I just know." "So why am I applying Fun-Tak to all these baseballs?"

[Benjamin Grimm]

Updated bracket, featuring our Final Four:

[Benjamin Grimm]

Our two finalists are... 1967 and 1968! 1967 scored an easy 11-2 victory over 1966, and 1968 pulled out from what had been a neck-and-neck race to defeat 1970 by a vote of 14 to 8.

ADVANCING TO ROUND SIX:


ELIMINATED:



ADVANCING TO ROUND SIX:


ELIMINATED:

[Benjamin Grimm]

Our winning cover, by a vote of 11 to 3. 1967 defeats 1968.



I'll post the image of the final bracket when I get a chance. Unfortunately, there's no ceremonial announcement in Stockholm. There's a strike at the home office and Maja hasn't been seen in weeks.

[MFS62]

She's right here, and says "Hi!".
She'll give you a call to let you know when she'll be available for the ceremony.
Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know that this is a few months late, but it took a while to schedule the ceremony for the winning cover. (There was, as you're surely aware, a long-running shower-curtain-workers strike in Sweden that was recently resolved.)

The Yearbook Cover Derby champion is Willard Mullin's 1967 cover. The winning cover will appear on Maja's shower curtain for the next year! The ceremony was held in Maja's bathroom, and Steve Gelbs of SNY was on hand to join in the fun!

Thanks to everyone who participated, and again, we do apologize for the delay.

[bmfc1]

I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over.
Does Maja still have her talk show?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

that is great!!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show?

She does! Although it's more of a "reality" show than a talk show. (She thanks you for asking!)

[Centerfield]

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show?

But let's face it, we'll be dealing with the fallout from this for years.

Thousands and thousands of wet bathroom floors.

Terrific work BG!

We look forward to TCD IV!

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'm dying here lol, I read about that shower-curtain workers strike
buried in that failing paper with all the news that's fit to print.

Looking forward to TCD IV!

[Centerfield]

This is an important year for the TCD. Fourth installments of epic enterprises don't always meet the standards of their predecessors.

Hopefully it will be better than Jaws IV (titled Jaws: The Revenge)



The movie features Mario Van Peebles.

BG, please tell us TCD IV will not feature Mario Van Peebles.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I can't promise that, because I hear he's in the running to be the next Mets GM.

[G-Fafif]

I hear more people are getting their shower curtains online these days.

[Guest cooby]

I got mine from National Wildlife Federation. To heck with those strikers; mine was made by forest animals

[MFS62]

Doesn't anybody take baths any more?
First showers.
Then the DH.
Civilization is eroding before our very eyes.

Later

[Guest 41Forever]

Maja’s shower curtain on FB is amazing!!! Nice work. Good to be Gelbs today!

Edited October 11, 2018 by Guest

[RealityChuck]

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show?

Naked or clothed?